Means for making slip covers and the like



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' MEANS FOR MAKING SLIP COVERS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 20, 1 934 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Snnentor Lk SAMUEL KP/IS/VOI Jan. 11, 8. s. KRASNOV 2,105,123

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' attorney E 3nnentor Patented Jan. 11, 1938 PATENT oFis' MEANS FOR MAKING SLIP COVERS AND THE LIKE Samuel Krasnov, Philadelphia, Pa. Application February 20,1934, Serial No. 712,145

2 Claims.

My invention relates to certain new and useful methods of making slip covers for upholstered furniture and apparatus therefor.

My invention relatesmore particularly to novel means whereby slip, covers may be made to fit anyparticular style, shape, and size of furniture, such as davenportfupholstered chair or the like, without the necessity of anactualffitting of the slipcover or without even the necessity of the 0, maker of the slipcover ever seeing the piece of furniture to be fitted. 7

Thus, the present invention contemplates the use of certain means or instrumentalities whereby certain" predetermined dimensions and other characteristic data of upholstered furniture may be mechanically correlated at'some remote point (that is,'not in the presence of the particular piece of furniture) so as to reproduce onfiat sheets of the slip-cover fabric or on pattern paper, the pattern of each piece or element of the slip-cover and also the assembly means or juncture linesof the various parts, so as to permit the making of such slip-cover without an actual view of the furniture to be fitted and yet to permit of greataccuracy. a

which will appear more fully from the following detailed description, my present invention consists. of novel master patterns and correlated charts, whereby the data of the charts may be transposed to the patternpaper with great accuracy and precision and with the minimum danger of error.

My invention consists of other novel features all of which will appear more fully from the following. description.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings, one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory'and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arrangedand organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrument as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawings in which like referr ence characters indicate like parts: 7 V

Figure 1 represents a chart of front and side view of the seat and sidearms in perspective of an upholstered chair.

Figure 2 represents a'chart of perspective View of the back of the chair.

With the above and other objects in view,-

Figure 3 represents a chart of front elevational View of the back of the chair.

Figure l represents a top plan view of the master pattern (on a reduced scale) of a sidearm corresponding to the chart of Figure 1;

Figure 5 represents a top plan View of the master pattern (on a similarly reduced scale) of the seat and front skirt corresponding to the chart of Figure 1. v

Figure 6 represents a top plan view of the mas ter plan of the inside of the back corresponding to the chart shown in Figure, 3.

Figure 7 represents a top plan view of the master pattern (on a similarly reduced scale) of the outside of the back corresponding to the chart, shown in Figure 2. V 7

According to my present invention the series of correlated charts, such as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 are provided for each piece of furniture in question, representing in outline the various component parts of the furniture piece and having superimposed thereon (preferably in a contrasting color) a series of indicator lines for indicating desired measurements of a slip cover and each bearing an identifying mark in the form of a letter or numeral. 7

. Thus in Figure 1 is a perspective chart of the seat and sidearm portions of a chair together with their respective indicator lines andmarkings, while in Figure 2 is. a perspective chart of the outside of the back of the chair with its indicatorlines and markings and in Figure 3 a front elevational View of the inside of the back of the chair with its indicator lines and markmgs. V

The master patterns shown in Figures 4 to 7 inclusive are each formed of a sheet of suitable flexible, though form-retaining material which is preferably transparent or highly translucent, such as a sheet of transparent Celluloid or similar material of suitable thickness so that it may be readily handled nothwithstanding its large size. Upon each of the master patterns a series of locationally and operatively correlated scales are provided, graduated in inches from a predetermined starting point or base line, there being a scale corresponding to each of the direction lines on the corresponding chart (Figures 1, 2, 3).

Thus, for instance, upon the master pattern H] as shown in Figure 4, a K scale H is provided along the edge l2 of the pattern ill, with a starting point at the edge l3; As all furniture falls within a more or less limited range in any one of its dimensions, it is not necessary to extend the scale II or any other of the scales hereafter shown to the full extent, but it is sufiicient to provide scale graduations only over that portion of the scale which is actively used for dimensional markings. At each scale graduation, a small aperture a is also provided through the celluloid sheet through which a pencil or other marker may be extended for marking the slip cover cloth or the pattern paper.

Along the two edges [3 and I4 of the master pattern ill, a pair of similar V scales [5 and I6 are provided with their starting point at the edge [2.

Along'the edge l3, an scale I! is provided, having its starting point at the edge l2, while generally parallel thereto, but spaced inwardly therefrom, a 00 scale 18 is provided, having its starting point at the edge parallel and opposite to edge 12.

A series of transverse scales L, Y, M, and N, numbered l9, 20, 2| and 22, respectively, are provided transversely of the V and O scales with their starting point at the edge 13. The L scale branches off as at IQ-a and 19-1), at a slight angle, which indicates the extent to which the material must be notched at that point, while a similar notch is indicated at 23, where the material is to be also notched for giving fullness to the arm.

The master pattern I0 is applied to the cloth or pattern paper with its edge I2 and edge l3 more or less coinciding with the two right angular edges of the material. In this position, the K measurement, the two V measurements, the 0 measurement and the OO measurement, are transferred from the master pattern to the cloth or the pattern paper (depending on whether the layout is effected directly on the cloth or whether it is effected on an intermediate sheet of paper to serve as the final pattern). This is done by putting a pencil or other suitable marker through the apertures a at the scale graduations corresponding to the measurements over the direction lines K, V, O and 00, respectively, in Figure 1.

Thereupon, the master pattern is shifted until the L scale-line I9 is superimposed upon the imaginary line between the two marks previously derived from the two V scales I and Hi.

In this second position, the L measurement, the Y measurement, and the M measurement are marked through the L scale, the Y scale and the M scale, respectively; the imaginary line between the two V marks serving as a derived base line for this second setting of the master pattern.

Thereupon, the master pattern is again shifted and placed with the N scale line 22 superimposed upon the imaginary line between the mark derived from the 0 scale and the mark derived from the OO sca1e;said imaginary line serving as a derived base line for the third setting (the two edges of the cloth or the pattern paper being the original base lines).

Thereafter, the final pattern is obtained by drawing a line from the K mark through the L mark, the Y mark, the M mark, and the N mark, and another line between the 0 mark and the 00 mark.

Thereafter, the cloth is notched as indicated at 23, and at 19-11 and l9-b.

It will be understood that the V scales and the O and O0 scales do not give the true measurement but are short by approximately seven inches, more or less, to allow for the seams, for conformation, and for shirred border work or pleating, which is applied to the bottom of the slip cover when completed.

As stated, the master pattern may be applied either to the cloth directly or to a piece of suitable paper which is then cut out and superimposed upon the cloth and the cloth cut from it.

The master pattern shown in Figure 5 is that of the seat and front skirt, and here the J scale-line 24 is superimposed upon the median line or the fold of a symmetrical piece of cloth or pattern paper. With the J scale-line 24 thus positioned, the master pattern 25 is shifted until the two U measurements on the U scales 26 and 21 are superimposed upon the free edge of the cloth or pattern paper. Then the P measurement on the P scale 28, the T measurement on the T scale 29 and the J and N measurements on scales 30 and 3| are marked on the cloth or pattern paper. Thereupon, the T scale line, which is in fact the edge 32 of the master pattern, is then superimposed upon the imaginary line between the two U marks on the cloth, (the J scale line, being the edge 33 of the master pattern, is retained on the symmetrical fold of the cloth or paper), and with this imaginary line as a derived base line, the T dimension is again marked. Thereupon, (and still retaining the J scale line on the symmetrical fold), the master pattern is again shifted so as to place the I scale line 34 onto the imaginary line between the J mark and the N mark, and with this imaginary line as a derived base line, the I dimension is marked through the I scale. The final pattern or cloth is then defined by a line drawn between the final T mark, the P mark and the I mark, and by a transverse line drawn between the J and N marks.

The master pattern shown in Figure 6 is that of the inside of the back, in which the edge 36 is superimposed upon the symmetrical fold line of a piece of material or paper with the edge 31 on the free edge of the cloth material or pattern paper. In this position, the I dimension is marked on scale 38. The master pattern is then shifted longitudinally until the F dimension is superimposed upon the free edge of the cloth or paper where the edge 31 was formerly positioned, while the edge 36 is still retained on the symmetrical fold line of the material or paper. In this position, the E dimension on scale 39, the H dimension on scale 40, and the G dimension on scale 4| are marked on the cloth or pattern paper. The pattern is then completed by drawing a line between the I mark, the H mark, the E mark and the G mark. The drawing of this boundary line may be facilitated by an actual tracing of the in side of the back, in which case the marks thus derived will serve as placement marks for the tracing.

The master pattern shown in Figure 7 is that of the outside surface of the back, in which the edge 42 is again placed upon the symmetrical fold line of the material or paper, with the edge 43 on the free edge of the material. In this position, the C measurement is applied through the C scale 44, and the A measurement applied through the A scales 45 and 46. Then a tracing of the upper edge of the back is superimposed upon the material, as indicated by dotted lines 41, with the tracing line intersecting the A dimension on scale 45, as at 48, and the master pattern shifted until the B dimension intersects the dotted line 41 or the edge of the tracing, and in that position, the B dimension is marked on the tracing line. The final pattern is then completed by drawing a line over the tracing edge 41 up to the B dimension mark, and from the B dimension mark to the C dimension mark. Here again, the edge 42 is retained on the symmetrical fold line of the material or paper.

It should also be observed that the U dimensions on pattern 25 (Figure 5) are also short by ap proximately seven inches (more or less) to allow for the pleating which is subsequently applied.

According to the practice above outlined and by means of the instrumentalities above disclosed, I have provided means whereby slip covers may be made to measure for any piece of furniture without the maker ever seeing the furniture being fitted, and I have also greatly minimized the possibilities of error in these operations.

It will be understood that the charts shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 are merely illustrative of one type or style of chair or furniture, and that a series of such charts may be provided for different styles or types of furniture, and with each chart, there is a corresponding master pattern.

I am aware that my invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I hereby claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A sheet-like master pattern for use in making slip-covers for upholstered furniture and the like of a transparent or translucent more or less form-retaining material and of rectangular form, having thereon a series of operatively co-related rectilinear scales, and having marker holes therethrough through which the various dimensions may be marked from the various scales onto material for the slip-cover or for a subsidiary pattern, at least two of said rectilinear scales lying along meeting edges'of the pattern, the pattern having a base line which is adapted to be superimposed upon or placed in coinciding relation to an edge of the material to be operated on.

2. A pattern as set forth in claim 1, and in which certain of the said scales lie along sides of the pattern forming a right angle.

' SAMUEL KRASNOV. 

